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Adverse childhood experiences appear to impede responsivity to treatment of mood disorders; less is known about their impact on responsivity to treatment of PTSD, including following combat exposure. The current study examined whether SMs receiving treatment for self-reported PTSD differed in symptom severity trajectories based on their childhood sexual and\/or physical abuse and combat exposure histories.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We conducted a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial (RCT) that evaluated the effectiveness of collaborative primary care programs for treating SMs with self-reported PTSD (N\u2009=\u2009561). Patients completed PTSD, depression, and somatic symptom assessments over 12 months. We used latent growth-curve models to measure symptom trajectories based on childhood sexual and\/or physical abuse (ACE status) and combat exposure status. The original RCT was approved by multiple institutional research review boards.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 561 patients who screened positive for probable PTSD, 47.2% reported exposure to ACEs and 69.0% to combat; 30.7% of patients reported exposure to both. On average, participants had reductions in PTSD, depression, and somatic symptoms by 12 months (d\u2009=\u2009\u22120.59, \u22120.66, and \u22120.34, respectively). We did not find evidence for effect measure modification between ACE and combat exposure for any of the 3 outcome models. The decreases in PTSD and depression did not appreciably differ as a function of ACE or combat exposure. There was weak evidence that combat-exposed individuals had a smaller decrease in depression symptoms and ACE-exposed individuals had a larger decrease in somatic symptoms by 12 months compared to their nonexposed counterparts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There was only weak evidence of an association between ACEs or combat exposure, alone or in combination, on the symptom improvement shown by SMs with self-reported PTSD. This suggests that SMs with ACEs can benefit from PTSD treatment managed through collaborative primary care to a similar extent as SMs without ACEs. Further research is needed to determine which characteristics of the childhood trauma, adult trauma, patient population, and trauma-focused therapy interact to best predict responsivity to treatment in SMs with PTSD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/milmed\/usaf306","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,3]],"date-time":"2025-06-03T07:28:28Z","timestamp":1748935708000},"page":"e62-e69","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Treatment Responsivity in Service Members With PTSD and a History of Childhood Trauma and Combat"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"191","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7717-5066","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Maria A","family":"Morgan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Derek J","family":"Smolenski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kiriana","family":"Cowansage","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Marija Spanovic","family":"Kelber","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bradley E","family":"Belsher","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]},{"name":"Phoenix VA Health Care System, Carl T Hayden Veterans Medical Center , Phoenix, AZ 85012,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Daniel P","family":"Evatt","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE) , Falls Church, VA 22041,","place":["United States"]}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"286","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026012303274461500_usaf306-B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"245","DOI":"10.1016\/S0749-3797(98)00017-8","article-title":"Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. 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